Editor:
Our community cannot afford to lose the birth center at Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital.
Doctors, nurses, our local fire chiefs, U.S. senators and representative, City Council president and current and former patients all agree: Linn County residents need essential services like labor and delivery and pre-and post-birth care in a central location that’s accessible.
It isn’t a luxury. This is life-or-death for moms and newborns and our community.
At the Girod Birth Center…